Flatiron rest for ironing boards



Jan. 19, 1954 TEEN 2,666,606

FLATIRON REST FOR IRONING BOARDS Filed Nov. 10, 1951 CORA A. STEEN 3nventor attorney Patented Jan. 19, 1954 "PATENT r 2,666,606 "'E AT N RE TFOR mome'eomts 100m A: St'een, Inglewood, Calif. @pncatiifimvembi 10, 195 sesame 2533193 4 Claims: 101. 248%115'56) -'Ihis invention relates to'fiati'ron rests or-suppoi tsrand more particularly to what "ii-on rest which is capable (if-"supporting the-iron at var= ious locations" along the 'workingsurfao'- ofthe' i oning'board'. Itistheprima 'yobj ect of theinyentiontdpro' tide a flat iron rest which maybe'firmly'securefd to'imy-ironing board inj a." d BSiIed"pOitiOn," yet which is:capableofbeing'extended tosupport thef flatiron afivarious"locations'onthe'"working"sur face of the board, thus making""the*-fiat"'iron easily accessibleto theworker.

f .Ihe invention; "together" with othef'o'bj'ects attending its production; will be more"c1eai1y"'un-' deretood'when the 'fol-lowingdescription' is read i i "connection with-'the "accompanying "drawings; in'wh'ichr EZEig. '1 is aside levationof' a fiat'iron'rest embodying my 1 invention: theT'St being' 'shfoWn"s'e-' c nt'ed-ir-to- M0116 end of a: "conventional."ironing 91 ,5 11:

Fig: 2 is afiplan viewof the same rest;

"Fig; 3is a real-"end"View"'of"the"rest,"'the"b'oard and clamping *mecharfismbeing -shown fragmenr l 4-4o'fiFig. '2 and Fig." 51 is afra'gm'entarsr view 'of'one end of a telescopmg"men b'er "whichnonstitutes' a; part of the. intention,-* and""shows"detailswf construe? tion.

"The? illustrated'iexnbodir'nent "ofth e invention includes" a "base "I 8;""rig id'1y" afttafched "laterally aligned q clamps l l and I 2; and a 'i igidly"attached .elongated.hollowslidewaY 131'" It also ineludes elongateditel'escoping membersl 4," l,5,"'aii'dj I'Gjaiida flat iron'suppoi ting trayl 1.

The base is;simply-arigid frame; whichfin' the instant embodiment, includes spaced pafiallel' side plates 18 and 1.9 an elongatediig'id"central welded tptheiside plates 1 8 and f1 9; Afcross biafe'f its upper surfacetheslide'way is provided with'anj elongatedislot 24 which is abruptly narrowed near the open end ofth'eslideway to form shoulders, as indicated at 25.

The outermost one ofth'e telescoping tubes 14 is of a diameter to *slid'a'bly fittheinterior bore of slideway l3. At its inner" end, tube I4 is closed;

by *annpstanding ,stop .pin. 26 :ot :the typei icle'a'itl-y s in F -.15...." Thepin is .ofca width tofit-smlg- IY-FbUtJSlidEbIY within sloti u in the slide'way i 3, and-- thns' wser-ve --to-prevent '-re1'ati ve rotation =01 memben I 4- Within -s1idewayl 31- By contact With 1g. 4 is a-sectionai View taken'alongthflme' clear thecfamps lgl" the flat iron are supported on the inwardly turned upper ends 43 and 44 of these side plates, and the members IS, IS and H are completely telescoped inside the slideway l3. If it is desired to rest the flat iron near to make it more easily available to the operator, it is only necessary to grasp the handle of the flat iron and pull it in the desired direction. 'The flanges on tray i1 prevent the iron from sliding off the tray, and transmit the pull on the iron to the telescoping member. As soon as the tray moves of]? the upper ends of the base Sideplate'sl8 and E9 the runners 40 and 4| contact the ironmg'board surface and support the tray and its load. The length of the telescoping members and their respective slots will, of course, determine the maximum distance the tray can be moved toward the opposite end of the board. It will be understood, of course, that ifthe telescoping members have sufficient rigidity they would be capable of supporting the tray and its load without need for the tray resting on the surface of the board, especially since the tele-' scoping members are non-rotatable with relation to each other. In other Words the clamps could be secured to the base in a position to clamp the entirerest to a side of the board instead of to an end. In this case the tray would travel a path alongside the board instead of directly over it.

r, Having described the invention with sufficient clarity to enable those familiar with the art to construct and use it, I claim:

--;l. An extensible support for a flat iron rest comprising: a :base; a plurality of elongated tubes slidably mounted one within the other for telescopic movement, the outermost tube being fixed on and rigidly supported by said base in a substantially horizontal position; an elongated rigid cylindrical memberslidably mounted in the innermost tube, each of said tubes having a constant width longitudinal slot in its wall, each slot extending from a point near the inner end of a respective tube to a point near its outer end, and each tube also having a narrower constant width slot communicating at one end with the first mentioned slot and extending to the extreme outer end of its respective tube, all of said slots being in registry; an outwardly projectingstop member fixed on the peripheral surface of each encompassed tube near its inner end, each stop member being aligned with the slot in its respective tube, and projecting diametrically outwardly and slidably engaging in the wider slot of its respective encompassing tube toprevent relative rotation of the tubes, one within the other, each stop member projecting outwardly slightly less than the wall thickness of its eneompassing tube; and a similar stop member on the inner end of said rigid cylindrical member for similar cooperation with the wider slot in the innermost tube.

2. An extensible support for a flat ironrest comprising: a base; a plurality of elongated tubes slidably mounted one within the other for telescopic movement, the outermost tube being fixed on and rigidly supported by said base in a substantially horizontal position; an elongated rigid cylindrical member slidably mounted in the innermost tube, each of said tubes having a constant width longitudinal slot in its wall, each slot extending from a point near the inner end of a respective tube to a point near its outer end, and

the middle of the board each tube also having a narrower constant width slot communicating at one end with the first mentioned slot and extending to the extreme outer end of its respective tube, all of said slots being in registry; an outwardly projecting stop member fixed on the peripheral surface of each encompassed tube near its inner end, each stop member being aligned with the slot in its reof its respective encompassing tube to spective tube, and projecting" diametrically outwardly and slidably engaging in the wider slot prevent relative rotation of the tubes, one within the other, each stop member projecting outwardly slightly I less than the wall thickness of its encompassing tube; a similar stop member on the inner end of said rigid cylindrical member for similar cooperation with the wider slot in the innermost tube; and an elongated longitudinally disposed diametrically outwardly projecting rig carried peripherally on said rigid cylindrical member, the circumferential width of said rib being such as to permit it to .enter and slidably engage in each of the narrower slots in the respectivetubes, the diametric thickness of said rib being substantially equal to the combined wall thickness of all of said tubes.

' 3. An extensible .iiat iron rest for ironing boards comprising: a'base; a plurality of elongated tubes slidably mounted one within the other for telescopic movement, the outermost tube being fixed on and rigidly supported bysaid base in a substantially horizontal position; an elongated rigid cylindrical member slidably mounted in the innermost tube, each of said tubes having a constant width longitudinal slot in'its wall, each slot extending from a point near the inner end of a respective tube to a point near itsouter end, and each tube also having a narrower constant width slot communicating at one end with the first mentioned slot and extending to the extreme outer end of its respective tube, all of said slots being in registry; an outwardly projecting stop member fixed on the peripheral surface of each encompassed tube near its inner end, each stop member being aligned with the slot in its respective tube, and projecting diametrically outwardly and slidably engaging in the wider slot of its respective encompassing tube to prevent relative rotation of the tubes,

one within the other, each stop member projecting outward slightly. less than the wall thickness of its encompassing tube; a similar stop member on the inner end of said rigid cylindrical member for similar cooperation with the wider slot in the innermost tube; clamping means for securing said base to an ironing board with the outermost tube at a level above the ironing board surface; and a flat iron supporting tray rigidly secured on the outer end of said rigid cylindrical member.

4. The flat iron rest described in claim 3, and skids affixed to the under side of said tray for contacting and sliding along the ironing board surface during extension and. retraction of said tubes.

CORA A. STEEN.

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